Coolbie QLD 4850
50 addresses · 7 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Hinchinbrook LGA › Coolbie · 1175 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Coolbie is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 110 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $100 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Ingham Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Coolbie itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Ingham Airport, 30.9 km north-west.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 44% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 44.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 50.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.1% · Labour-force participation 46.5%
Population by age in Coolbie
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 26 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Coolbie
| House | 36 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 8 |
Households by weekly income in Coolbie
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Coolbie
| Australian | 49 |
|---|---|
| English | 35 |
| Ancestry NS | 18 |
| Scottish | 16 |
| Italian | 9 |
| Irish | 8 |
Housing tenure in Coolbie
| Owned | 25 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 19 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Coolbie
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Coolbie
| Car | 38 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Coolbie
| England | 6 |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,608 bird observations recorded near Coolbie — most often seen:
- Peaceful Dove (95)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (93)
- White-browed Robin (87)
- Australasian Figbird (80)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (74)
- Forest Kingfisher (68)
- Varied Triller (64)
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (64)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (63)
- Willie Wagtail (61)
- White-throated Honeyeater (59)
- Dusky Honeyeater (53)
- Masked Lapwing (52)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Coolbie
- White-breasted Woodswallow (52)
- Yellow Honeyeater (52)
- Spangled Drongo (50)
- Whistling Kite (48)
- Australian Swiftlet (42)
- Lovely Fairy-wren (42)
- Red-browed Finch (41)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (40)
- Leaden Flycatcher (40)
- Mistletoebird (40)
- Great Bowerbird (38)
- Fairy Martin (37)
- Grey Fantail (37)
- Metallic Starling (36)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (36)
- Brown Honeyeater (32)
- Magpie-lark (32)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Coolbie:
- Mutarnee (6.6 km)
- Crystal Creek (8.4 km)
- Bambaroo (9.4 km)
- Yuruga (13.5 km)
- Orient (17.2 km)
- Rollingstone (18.3 km)
- Balgal Beach (20.4 km)
- Paluma (21.2 km)
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Streets
- Amos Road (3)
- Barrilgie Road (8)
- Bruce Highway (30)
- Esplanade (1)
- Knowles Road (2)
- Suthers Road (4)
- Trotters Road (2)
